Col. Lowell Graham

Conn Selmer Educational Clinician

A native of Greeley, Colorado, Lowell E. Graham is currently serving as the sixth Music Director for the long established 111-year-old Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. Previously he served as the Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Conducting at the University of Texas at El Paso and was the recipient of the “Abraham Chavez” Professorship in Music retiring in 2021. He has held numerous conducting positions to include that of the Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC. Graham has released recordings on six labels – Naxos, Telarc, Klavier, Mark, Altissimo and Wilson -- that have been recognized for both their artistic and sonic excellence. These recordings have been recognized in Stereophile’s “Records to Die-For” list, The Absolute Sound’s “The Super Disc List,” as well as one having won a Grammy. In 2014 he was named as the President and CEO of the John Philip Sousa Foundation. He also served as the 81st President of the American Bandmasters Association.